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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech slovo, from Proto-Slavic *slovo (“word”).
Pronunciation
Noun
slovo n
- word (distinct unit of language)
- word (promise)
Declension
Declension of slovo (hard neuter)
Related terms
Further reading
- slovo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- slovo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- slovo in Internetová jazyková příručka
Old Czech
Alternative forms
- słovo (alternative writing)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slovo.
Pronunciation
Noun
slovo n
- word (unit of speech)
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slovo (“word”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slôʋo/
- Hyphenation: slo‧vo
Noun
slȍvo n (Cyrillic spelling сло̏во)
- letter (letter of the alphabet)
- (figuratively) speech, sermon
- (obsolete) word
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “slovo” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slovo (“word”).
Pronunciation
Noun
slovo n (genitive singular slova, nominative plural slová, genitive plural slov, declension pattern of mesto)
- word
- speech
- promise
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “slovo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slovo (“word”).
Pronunciation
Noun
slovọ̑ n
- farewell, departure
- (archaic) word
- (archaic) letter
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “slovo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran